BLM ID Director signs prevention order

April 25, 2024, Boise, Idaho–Another fire season is approaching, and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho is asking for your help to prevent human-caused fires. BLM Idaho Acting State Director June Shoemaker, signed the 2024 Fire Prevention Order, which prohibits specific fire-related activities on public land from May 10 through Oct. 20. The Fire Prevention Order makes it illegal to use fireworks, exploding targets, steel component ammunition, tracer ammunition, shooting at steel or ferrous material targets or burn explosive materials on BLM-managed public lands in Idaho.

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